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There are different possible ways of taking part in the FreeMind development: the project needs people for developing, testing and documenting of the program, and translating its interface and documentation in foreign languages.

New developer starts by sending his contributions for example as patches. Later on, he may get access to CVS repository. The process is approximately as follows.
* Create a user account at SourceForge.
* Discuss your contribution (the change, feature, bug fix, documentation or test plan) in our open discussion forum
[http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101].
* If the topic is accepted, start to change the actual CVS code. Be careful to use the right CVS branch. Currently we use the branch with a strange name "fm_060405_integration".
* For later merging of the code it could be better if you start from code state already labeled by a tag, e.g. "fm_0_9_0_beta9".
* If you have any questions during the implementing feel free to ask them in the "Open Discussion" forum. It is read by the other developers who possible can help you.
* Post your contribution in the patch section of SourceForge or send it by email to the current project manager. We do not respond immediately, as FreeMind team consists of volunteers.
* After having successfully developed and integrated some items, you get access to FreeMind's CVS repository at SourceForge.

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